MEET THE PATELS - Finding Love + Family Pressures with Director Geeta Patel

MEET THE PATELS documentary filmmaker Geeta Patel shares the trailer and clips from her film that highlights the awkward family pressure that her brother Ravi-who features on Aziz Ansari’s MASTER OF NONE-encountered on the road to romance. From dating issues, to modern arranged marriages, and the concerns of immigrant families, MEET THE PATELS explores the frustrating and hilarious clashes between modernity and traditional family life that many modern Americans feel. Ondi Timoner hosts this uncensored look at the film, on BYOD.

Guest Bio

MEET THE PATELS is a laugh-out-loud real life romantic comedy about Ravi Patel, an almost-30-year-old Indian-American who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams … and his parents. Filmed by Ravi’s sister in what started as a family vacation video, this hilarious and heartbreaking film reveals how love is a family affair.

Fresh out of a breakup with his secret white girlfriend, who his parents knew nothing about, and freaked out that he’s almost 30 and single, Ravi goes on a family vacation to India with his head and heart spinning.

Directed by siblings Ravi Patel and Geeta Patel, this award-winning film comes to you from Producer Janet Eckholm (AMERICAN SPLENDOR) and Academy Award Winning Executive Producer Geralyn Dreyfous (BORN INTO BROTHELS/THE SQUARE) and PBS. With unique animation and a soulful soundtrack that will have audiences dancing in their seats, MEET THE PATELS melds the documentary and narrative form. Geeta and Ravi, along with their quirky parents keep audiences entertained and glued to the screen. MEET THE PATELS is a film everyone can relate to regardless of gender, age, or cultural background — after all, we have all been there.

Geeta V. Patel is known for her emotional, form-pushing, and nontraditional style that merges documentary and dramatic forms She is writer/director of the upcoming feature film MOUSE, produced by Grant Hill (THE MATRIX, TREE OF LIFE), choreography by Jeff Imada (FIGHT CLUB, BOURNE IDENTITY). Geeta also directed the real-life comedy MEET THE PATELS, Executive Produced by Academy Award Winner Geralyn Dreyfous. Prior to this, Geeta made her directorial debut with the documentary war thriller, PROJECT KASHMIR, which led to directing fellowships at Sundance and Tribeca.